Category: Health & Safety

It’s now mid-2019, and many businesses are reviewing their health and safety practices and reminding workers about how to work safely in all the tasks they are completing. As a result of the Health & Safety at Work Act 2015, much has changed in many New Zealand workplaces in the last 3 years since itsRead more about A Mid-Year Snapshot of Health & Safety in NZ[…]

As a business, you have legal requirements to protect not just the safety of your workers but also their health by identifying hazards and managing the associated risks. If your business creates health risks you have an obligation under the HSWA 2015 to monitor the health of your workers to ensure that the controls youRead more about Health Monitoring – do we have to?[…]

If an accident happens at work, what do I do? Understanding the steps to take should an accident occur in your workplace in order to ensure any injured persons are taken care of properly and the business meets their duties during, and post incident, is important. The HSWA 2015 and associated regulations places a numberRead more about If an accident happens at work, what do I do?[…]

While most businesses in New Zealand are working hard to ensure the safety of their people in their workplace, unfortunately serious incidents can, and still do happen. If an incident occurs in your workplace, do you know exactly what to do and whether or not it is a notifiable incident? The Health and Safety atRead more about What are your duties if an accident occurs?[…]

Having a program in place to assess the quality of your contractor’s health and safety systems and culture is important to ensure that only contractors who can prove that they meet your organisation’s standards for safety will be allowed to undertake a contract for your business or set foot on your worksites. In addition toRead more about Contractor Prequalification: An Effective Safety Strategy[…]

Our present New Zealand work culture rewards overwork! Long hours – despite the known downsides, are impacting our work-life balance and we’ve now got a growing number of ‘overworked’ jobs. In the latest OECD Better Life Index, NZ had the ninth-highest percentage of employees working more than 50 hours per week, at 13.8%. NZ scoredRead more about Overworking – Can We Just Not![…]

For any business that runs a fleet of vehicles, the integrity of the system that is used to manage the fleet’s services, maintenance and faults is usually a high priority. After all, if a truck is off the road due to a major fault or it breaks down on the job, it can cost aRead more about Does Your Fleet Management System Stack Up?[…]